Folding table



i April 16; 1929. E. PRICHET 1,709,540

FOLDING TABLE Filed June 28, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARDL. PRICHET, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOLDING I TABLE.

I Application filed June 28,

and which is provided with handles whereby it may be readily carriedwhen folded.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the parts may belocked in their folded position. I 7

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a perspective view of a folding table constructed'in accordancewith my invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary end elevation showing the leaf support-folded;

' Figure 3 is a fragmentary section through one of the supportingelements of the table showing the brace and locking means therefor'Figure 1 is a side elevation of the table;

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the table in folded condition;

Figure 6 is a face view of the table in its folded condition ready fortransportation.

Referring to thesedrawings, it will be seen. that my table comprises theoppositely disposed boards 10 which have a width equal to that of thetable and which are hinged to each. other by the hinges 11 so that thosetwo pieces 10 may be folded into or out of parallel relation. 'Whcnfolded into an angular relation. to each other as, for instance, at anangle of 45 to each other, they are held apart by the brace 12 which ishinged at 13 to one member 10 of the table and engaged with any suitabledetent 1 1 on the other member 10 of the table. A chain 15 limits thedegree to which these supports 10 may be spread apart.

Hingedly mounted upon the two supports 10 are the two leaves 16. Each ofthese leaves is supported in a horizontal position when the supports 10are in an inclined position by means of the angular-brace 17. Each braceis mounted in a bearing 18 upon the outer face of the table so that thebrace may be turned from a position fiat against the table to a position outstanding therefrom, and in this latter 1927. Serial 110,202,098.

position the upper end 19 of the brace extends beneath the correspondingleaf 16 and supportsit in a horizontal position.

Attached to one edge of each of the leaves 16 are the swinging handles20 which, when the leaves are folded against the supports, may be usedto carry the table. Preferably and connected to these eyes is theflexible cord, wire or other like element- 22 which constitutes a railextending around three sides of each leaf, as illustrated in Figure 1.

For the purpose of holding the parts in a folded condition, I providethe springs 23 which project outward from the supports 10 and extendoutward on each side of the leaves each table leaf has at its cornersthe eyes 21,

16 when the latter are folded against the supports 10,- as illustratedin Figure 5. These clamps act to hold the table in its folded conditionso it will not unfold accidentally.

When the table is in its foldedcondition, it

may be carried by means of the handles 20. These handles, when the tableis set up, may

be also used as napkin racks upon which the napkins may be hung.

This folding table, it will be seen, is very simple, portable, and isthus particularly to be understood thatthe invent-ion is especiallyapplicable for use in dining cars in connection with Pullman service.

I claim 1. A table of the character described including two supportingmembers hinged at their upper ends to each other for movement into orout of parallel relation, meanslimitmg the outward movement of thesupporting members into angular relation to each other;

means detachably holding these supporting members in angular relation toeach other, leaf members hinged to the upper ends of the supportingmembers and adapted to be turned downward into parallel relation to thesupporting members or upward into a horizontal position, and meanscarried by one of said members and adapted to engage the rlanr V, y e ithe members V the latter are shifted into parallel relation to thesupporting members.

2. A folding table including two supporting members abutting at theirupper ends and hinged directly to each other at their upper ends wherebythey may be folded in parallel relationor disposed to intersect at theirupper ends, two leaves, ach leaf being hinged directly to one of thesupporting members, the leaves abutting when the supporting members areturned into angular relation to each other but moving away from eachother when the leaves are turned into parallel. r

lation to the supporting members and the supporting members disposed inparallel relation, braces mounted upon the supporting members forfolding movement into or out of parallel relation to the supportingmembers and'when projecting out from the supporting members actingtosupport leaves in a horizontal position, and means engaging thetwosupporting members and detaohably holding them spread apart.

3. A folding table including supporting members hinged together at theirupper ends whereby they may be folded in parallel relation or disposedin an upwardly convergent position and intersecting with each other attheir upper ends, two leaves, each leaf being hinged directly to one ofthe supporting memhere, the leaves being adapted to be folded flatagainst the exterior faces thereof or turned into a position in the sameplane but at an angle to the supporting members, angular bracesswingingly mounted upon the outer faces of the supportii members forfolding movement at right angles to the length of the supporting membersinto or out of parallel relation to the supports and when folded outwardfrom the supports acting to support the leaves in a horizontal position,means for detachably locking the supporting members spread apart, andhandles swingingly mounted upon the like edges of the two leaves wherebythe table may be carried in a folded condition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afl'iX my signature.

EDWARD L. PRICHET.

